Last update: Tuesday 11 June 2013 [307 news items]
Catcher China subsidiary suffers accident
Jul 30, 11:31
Topo Technology (Suzhou), a wholly owned subsidiary of Taiwan-based notebook case maker Catcher Technology in Suzhou, eastern China, suffered an accident on July 26 in the process...
Cybermart turns to run store itself
Jul 17, 01:50
Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry) channel retailing subsidiary Cybermart is set to transform its business model from acting as a landlord of its IT mall to running...
Chassis makers Ju Teng and Catchers expected to benefit from 7-inch tablet PCs
Jul 17, 01:25
Ju Teng and Catcher Technology are expected to see strong performances in the second half of the year since Ju Teng is reportedly the chassis supplier of Google's Nexus 7 and strong...
Walton mulls capacity expansion at China subsidiary, plans to set up headquarters in western China
Jun 27, 01:20
Walton Advanced Engineering, a Taiwan-based provider of memory IC packaging and testing services, is evaluating the expansion of packaging and testing capacity at Walton Advanced...
Motech shuts down polysilicon subsidiary
May 29, 15:30
Motech announced on May 29 a production suspension at its polysilicon subsidiary, AE Polysilicon (AEP). Motech indicated that employees at AEP will be laid off and assets will be...
SPIL to expand packaging, testing capacity at China subsidiary
May 28, 10:39
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), a Taiwan-based provider of IC packaging/testing service, will add investment of US$100 million in Siliconware Technology (Suzhou) to expand...
Wistron, Compal focus on touchscreen technologies
May 8, 01:30
Notebook ODMs Wistron and Compal Electronics are optimistic Windows 8 will bring a new trend for touchscreen control, and the companies have been working aggressively in the touchscreen...
SAS subsidiary to merge with Crystalwise Technology
Apr 26, 01:10
Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) on April 25 announced that its subsidiary Sino Sapphire which makes sapphire wafers and patterned sapphire substrates (PSS), will merge with Crystalwise...
STATS ChipPAC Taiwan expects 1Q12 sales to rise 15-20%
Mar 30, 01:10
Testing house STATS ChipPAC Taiwan Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Singapore-based STATS ChipPAC, expects its revenues to increase 15-20% sequentially in the first quarter of 2012...
Lelon, Liton post strong profit growth in 2011
Mar 30, 01:00
Aluminum electrolyte capacitor maker Lelon Electronics and its aluminum foil subsidiary Liton Technology have both reported strong profit growth in 2011, thanks to orders shifted...
China LED lighting subsidy program sees 110 firms compete for 20 slots
Mar 26, 11:06
China announced an LED lighting subsidiary program at the end of February. The list of firms that are eligible has yet to be announced but industry sources noted that there are about...
Solartech CIGS thin-film subsidiary obtains TUV certification
Mar 15, 16:39
Sunshine PV, the CIGS thin-film solar business unit of Solartech, recently obtained certification from Germany-based TUV Rheinland.

IC design house On-Bright expects sales growth in March
Mar 13, 14:28
On-Bright Electronics, an IC design subsidiary of Lite-On Semiconductor specializing in power management ICs, expects its consolidated revenues to register another sequential growth...
Pan Jit solar module subsidiary suffers bad debt of NT$1.2 billion from Italy-based client
Mar 6, 15:02
Taiwan-based rectifier diode maker Pan Jit International indicated that Aide Energy (Cayman) Holding, its subsidiary maker of solar cells and PV modules with production based in China,...

Getac chairman expects 10-15 million ultrabook shipments in 2012, 50-60 million for 2013
Mar 1, 01:15
As ultrabooks fall to mainstream prices as well as the launch of Windows 8, Getac Technology chairman James Hwang expects total ultrabook shipments will reach 10-15 million units...
Getac to push rugged PC and notebook component businesses in 2012
Mar 1, 01:05
Getac Technology, after stopping its notebook OEM business, is turning its focus to the rugged PC industry, and is also pushing its car electronics and fiberglass chassis businesses...

Globalfoundries to acquire ProMOS for NT$20-30 billion, say sources
Feb 24, 01:45
Globalfoundries reportedly has agreed to take over financially-troubled ProMOS Technologies for NT$20-30 billion (US$0.7-1 billion), according to industry sources. By adding ProMOS'...

TSMC to pour more capital into LED subsidiary
Stockwatch - Feb 22, 01:00
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has unveiled plans to invest NT$2.034 billion (US$68.84 million) to buy new shares issued by its LED lighting subsidiary TSMC Solid...
APCB expects Thai flood losses of US$16 million
Jan 20, 01:10
Advanced Printed Circuit Board (APCB) has estimated that its production subsidiary in Ayutthaya, northwest Thailand, will post losses of THB493 million (US$15.6 million) related to...
VIA, SiS achieve results from non-PC industry
Jan 12, 01:05
Taiwan-base chipset makers VIA Technologies and Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS), although already phasing out of the PC chipset market, have both entered different markets and achieved...
IPC maker Ibase establishes subsidiary for game machines
Jan 5, 11:44
IPC maker Ibase Technology has established a subsidiary to handle the development of gaming machines. The new subsidiary, established in December 2011 with a capital of about NT$190...
Jan 3, 16:44
Kenmec Mechanical Engineering is likely to post its first annual loss since it was founded 35 years ago, due to recognized losses from solar-cell making subsidiary Tainergy Tech.
Delta subsidiary gets US government funding for R&D on electric vehicle chargers
Jan 3, 16:31
Taiwan-based Delta Electronics has announced that the US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded funding of nearly US$2 million to Delta Products, its US-based subsidiary, for a research...
Tainergy expects to turn profitable in 2012
Jan 3, 16:26
Tainergy Tech, the solar cell manufacturing subsidiary of Kenmec Mechanical Engineering, expects its operation to return to profitability in 2012. The market will rebound after hitting...
AUO to inject additional US$100 million in AFPD
Newswatch - Dec 23, 11:35
AU Optronics (AUO) will inject an additional investment of US$100 million in AFPD, a 100% wholly-owned display subsidiary of AUO in Singapore, according to a company filing with the...
Sanyo to sell subsidiary factory in central Taiwan to ASE
Dec 20, 01:00
Sanyo Electronic (Taichung), a subsidiary of Japan-based Sanyo Electric, plans to sell its IC packaging/testing factory located in central Taiwan to the Taiwan-based Advanced Semiconductor...
Pegatron reports explosion at China subsidiary
Dec 19, 12:00
A gas explosion occurred at a new metal casing factory of Ri-Teng Computer Accessory (Shanghai), eastern China on December 17, but will not substantially impact the operation of the...
Altek to set up lens firm in China
Nov 29, 10:20
Taiwan-based digital camera maker Altek has decided to invest US$15 million to establish a subsidiary maker of aspherical plastic lenses and glass lenses in Kunshan, eastern China,...
Walton to buy stake in Elpida subsidiary
Nov 28, 10:34
Elpida Memory has announced that Taiwan-based Walton Advanced Engineering, which provides packaging and testing services mainly for DRAM products, has agreed to make a JPY3.75 billion...
Workers protest at Sunrex subsidiary in southern China
Nov 25, 15:32
Notebook keyboard maker Sunrex Technology's subsidiary in Shenzhen, southern China, recently suffered a protest by workers complaining of long overtime demands, according to industry...
Asustek, Pegatron to host investor conferences with new products to be focus
Oct 25, 01:15
Pegatron Technology and Asustek Computer are set to host their third-quarter investor conference on October 27 and 31, respectively, with Asustek's Eee Pad Tranformer and Zenbook...
WPG subsidiary to make acquisition
Sep 29, 16:58
IC distributor Silicon Application Corporation (SAC) has reached a deal with Wintek Technology Investment (China), a Hong Kong-based electronic parts and components distributor, to...
Sunplus subsidiary approved to list on TSE, says paper
Newswatch - Sep 29, 16:11
Generalplus Technology, a subsidiary of Sunplus technology specializing in the design of consumer-electronics-related semiconductors, has gained approval to list on the Taiwan Stock...
Rexchip to report loss for 3Q11, says paper
Newswatch - Sep 19, 12:18
Rexchip Electronics is likely to fall into the red along with fellow Taiwan-based DRAM manufacturers in the third quarter of 2011, according to a Chinese-language Apple Daily...
MEMC completes acquisition of US subsidiary of Fotowatio Renewable Ventures
Sep 7, 14:15
MEMC Electronic Materials, a US-based polysilicon supplier and its solar energy subsidiary, SunEdison, announced that it has completed the acquisition of privately held Fotowatio...
Panel supply shortage likely to affect second-tier handset shipments
Displays | 9min ago
China smartphone shipments grow 117% on year in 1Q13, says IDC
Mobile + telecom | 12min ago
AMD unveils upcoming server strategy and roadmap
IT + CE | 16min ago
Kinsus sets 2013 capex at record NT$4.5-5 billion
Bits + chips | 28min ago
Chipbond ramping up testing capacity for advanced driver ICs
Bits + chips | 29min ago
Wintek to benefit from Google and Amazon touch panel orders
Displays | 31min ago
Connector maker UDE to benefit from games console orders
IT + CE | 38min ago
Digitimes Research: China touch panel makers expand their influence in the market
Displays | 1h ago
Taiwan market: Handset shipments in 1Q13 hit record, says IDC
Mobile + telecom | 1h 2min ago
MediaTek-MStar merger yet to receive China approval
Bits + chips - Newswatch | 1h 6min ago
Netronix aims to become largest e-book reader ODM in 3 years, says paper
IT + CE - Newswatch | 1h 33min ago
PCB equipment makers Csun, Ampoc 2Q13 sales to rise
Bits + chips | 2h 3min ago
Alltop expects 20-30% growth in non-notebook businesses
IT + CE | 3h 34min ago
Chipbond expects sales to peak in 3Q13
Bits + chips | 3h 37min ago
Taiwan market: Sony to launch Handycam camcorder GW88V
IT + CE | 4h 24min ago
Simplo, Dynapack approve 2012 dividends
IT + CE - Stockwatch | 4h 27min ago
Spreadtrum raises sales guidance for 2Q13
Bits + chips | 4h 34min ago
- First-tier players may release smartphones that adopt heat pipes by the end of the year
- CVIA: China to purchase 30 million TV panels from Taiwan makers
- Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
- Taiwan IC design houses reducing exposure in NAND flash controller market
- Mixed-signal technology to dominate global chipset market: Q&A with Dialog Semiconductor CEO Jalal Bagherli
- Taiwan market: Tablet sales in 2013 to reach nearly 2 million units, says FET executive
- SPIL expanding capacity for high-end ICs
- OLED TVs to be similarly priced as LCD TVs by 2016, say observers
- ODMs promoting convertible notebooks to brand vendors
- Chunghwa Telecom breaks ground for data center in northern Taiwan
- Global output of LED light bulbs to reach 600 million units in 2013, says Epistar chairman
- Digitimes Research: Competition in the AMOLED panel industry continuing to heat up
- Wistron, Inventec unlikely to see notebook revenue proportion drop below 50% in the short term
- Acer, Asustek to continue posting losses in smartphone business
- Epistar to issue 250 million new shares for private placement
- Order visibility from BlackBerry extends to 2-3 quarters, say suppliers
- Unity Opto profits double in 2012
- Taiwan market: Vibo Telecom mulls partnership for 4G investment
- LED packaging houses face rising technological challenge
- New Csun solar manufacturing facility in Turkey opens door for maker
- Rising demand for large-size TVs beneficial to polarizer makers: Q&A with Ho Jau-yang, chairman of CMMT
- Asustek expects 10% sequential drop in 2Q13 notebook and tablet shipments
- Taiwan market: Taiwan Mobile to launch VoIP at M+
- Coolpad becomes top 3G handset vendor in China
- Wistron to step into medical inspection instruments
- Releases
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- Advantech Releases 6U CompactPCI Board with 4th Generation Intel Core i7 Processor
- Advantech to Support CompactPCI PlusIO and Serial Standards
- ABB to showcase leading-edge power distribution technologies at CIRED
- Fanless In-Vehicle Systems with Intel Core i7
- FIC partners with Cluster Wireless to deliver Intelligent M2M Solutions
- Embracing the New Generation Intel Atom Family with DDR3 Memory Support
- Got The Message? Ensuring efficient and reliable delivery of content across a mission critical digital signage network
- Emb' Store On-Demand Software Service for Embedded Computing
- Efficient Network Management for Digital Signage
- Design Benefits of the MI/O Extension Solution
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- IBM starts American job cuts, say reports (June 13) - NASDAQ.com
- NHK to air documentary on Taiwanese semiconductor giant (June 6) - Focus Taiwan news channel
- Slow global GDP growth weighs on IC market (May 29) - IC Insights
- Infineon ships security chips to Taiwan electronic passport program (May 23) - Company release
- Apple 'among largest tax avoiders in US' - Senate committee (May 21) - BBC News
- Weak eurozone growth hits euro (May 15) - The Financial Times
- German factory orders rise for second month (May 7) - Bloomberg
- Eurozone retail sales fall for second consecutive month (May 6) - BBC News
- Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
- Cavendish Kinetics announces RF MEMS technology for improving wireless performance
- Solar trade dispute spreads to wine industry; gets personal
- Analogix eyes link between smartphones and HD displays
- Strong reaction from China, EU members over solar trade row

Lose the switch, lose the loss: Cavendish Kinetics leverages MEMS for tunable RF components
Cavendish Kinetics recently announced the availability of production samples of its tunable RF capacitors...

Taiwan-based Chimei Group, once a major LCD panel maker, now focuses on providing upstream components...

Eight years ago, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) defined the first carrier class networks and services...

Singapore-based Gajah International Pte Ltd (Gajah) has won several Computex 2013 Design and Innovation...
- Smartphone and tablet industry: The view from Taiwan - May 2012
Taiwan-based companies have a long and successful history of involvement in the supply chain for mobile devices, which for the purposes of this article consist...
- Taiwan motherboard industry overview - May 2012
The year 2011 saw the motherboard industry reverse its trend of declining shipments year-on-year, to post a slight 0.2% growth. This upturn in fortunes was expected...
- Notebook market overview - Jun 2011
The notebook industry in 2010 experienced several major events that significantly changed the industry's ecosystem for the year and the industry is also believed...
- LCD TV overview - Jun 2011
Growth of the global LCD TV market was not as strong as expected in 2010 as the market continued to feel the aftershocks of the economic recession that had hit...
- 2H 2012 global TFT panel market forecast
Digitimes Research predicts there will be a total of 389 million large-sized TFT LCD panels shipped in 2H12, with 195 million in the third quarter and 194 million in the fourth quarter - with the total representing a 7.6% increase over the first half of this year.
- Trends and shipment forecast for 2H 2012 smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in 2010 and 2011 both enjoyed growth of more than 60%. Growth will decelerate in 2012 due to the high base, as well as a slowdown in consumer spending in Western Europe.
- Trends in Asia LED chip manufacturing industry
Asia is playing an ever more important role in upstream LED chip manufacturing. The region accounted for 80% of MOCVD demand in 2011 and will account for 90% in 2012, largely because Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and China are the major global centers for LED chip production.
















